@article{Hall_2009, title={Puzzles in the Comparative Study of Frontiers: Problems, Some Solutions, and Methodological Implications}, volume={15}, url={https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/332}, DOI={10.5195/jwsr.2009.332}, abstractNote={This paper examines ways in which world-system analysis can be employed fruitfully to explore frontier social processes. Conversely, it also examines how frontier social processes and events can be very valuable explorations of highly localized processes ? geographically and temporally ? of world-systems. The study of frontier regions can help to uncover the ways in which many world-systemic contexts shape local human agency. Conversely, the study of these highly localized human practices offers ways to gain insights to how individual actions constantly reconstruct world-systems. Finally, many of the lessons learned here with respect to frontiers, especially in regard to ethnic and national identity formation and transformation can be extended to other social concerns.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of World-Systems Research}, author={Hall, Thomas D.}, year={2009}, month={Feb.}, pages={25–47} }